The best sources of vitamin D are sunshine, some foods, herbs and fish.
How does my body get vitamin D from the sun?
Vitamin D3 is the most active form of vitamin D and is synthesized in the skin from the sun's UV rays.
There are also plant forms of vitamin D known as vitamin D2. Humans can use this form of vitamin D as well, but vitamin D3 is considered the most important and essential form.
It is important to try and get 10 minutes to 2 hours of sunshine a day on your face, arms, legs and or back. Sunscreen blocks the important UV rays needed for vitamin D synthesis, so at least the first 10 minutes in the sun should be without sunscreen. Use common sense and becareful not to burn with longer exposure times.
If it is difficult for you to get adequate sunshine, because of lifestyle, geographical location, season and time of day constraints, adding additional natural sources of vitamin D is a good consideration.
"The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so; but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger, and mosquitoes and silly people.”Ralph Waldo Emerson
